Chapter 46: Papermaking (2)
In order to create excellent quality rice paper and highlight the simple temperament and style of "Sichi Dan" that have not changed for thousands of years, it is necessary for the makers to be meticulous, follow the rules, keep improving, and dare not have the slightest slack and cut corners in the production process.
After waiting for the wood to be steamed for a while, Lin Jie motioned to his disciples to salvage the wood from the pot and expose it to the sun.
The little girl Luo Rui burned the fire happily, her little face was smoked black, only two grape-like eyes were bright and bright, her saliva-soaked clothes were clearly knotted together, and they were covered with dog hair, and her two little hands were unhurriedly throwing firewood at the fire.
Rhubarb was lying lazily on the side against the fire, sticking out his tongue, panting, and his eyes were always paying attention to the little girl to prevent the little girl from being burned.
Liu Junzhi carried four large buckets to help change the water, while Ji Qing took out the wood from the pot while lighting the fire, put it in a large basket made of peach wood, and poured it on the cleaned bluestone to expose to the sun.
Wang Xiaozhu and Zhu Xiaoming each shirked, one didn't know what he was messing up in his hand, the other was napping, and the fire was the slowest, the other brothers and sisters all steamed a pot, the two of them didn't even boil the water, and they only sped up after being trained by Lin Jie, and started to work on the fire seriously.
At noon, the sun was scorching, baking the earth, and the air became hot.
Although the temperature is extremely high, this is not enough for the drying of wood. Lin Jie used his spiritual power to increase the temperature around him, and after a while, the wet wood was quickly dried.
After washing it again in the lake water on the side, putting it in a cauldron and steaming it again, and explaining it to his disciples, he went to cut down the bamboo poles and make a row of bamboo curtains.
After the second steaming, Lin Jie instructed his disciples to start taking out the boiled raw materials and putting them in a stone mortar to scoop them into a muddy surface.
Now, it's time for the most important step in making rice paper.
This step is called swinging into the curtain, which is a great test of the crafter's craftsmanship, Lin Jie didn't dare to be sloppy at all, and gathered a group of disciples and elders to gather in a circle to discuss the next process.
"Everyone, now is the most important step for us to make rice paper, I hope you can concentrate, especially Wang Xiaozhu and Zhu Xiaoming, listen carefully to the next words of this seat, and do your job well."
was named and criticized by the head, and the two of them also smiled and laughed, looking shameless.
"Just now, you have smashed the wooden blocks, and now what you have to do is to mix these raw materials with an appropriate amount of water, and pour some of the useful suspensions into the paper trough."
Lin Jie pointed to the paper trough that had been made of wood, and continued: "Use the thin bamboo curtain to filter in the pulp, and the part that remains is a useful material, this process is extremely cumbersome, you need to stand next to the paper trough and repeat the action of scooping water and lifting the bamboo curtain, of course, this seat will show you, the four elders personally supervise, you must keep improving, do you understand?" “。
"Understood"
The elders and disciples were not loud, and they could hear that they were a little nervous, but Lin Jie just wanted to make them feel pressure, after all, pressure is motivation, if they didn't pay so much attention, then how could they be engrossed in it, and how could they make exquisite rice paper.
Next, Lin Jie began to demonstrate the process to them, since Lin Jie was also making it for the first time, his terrifying spiritual power always paid attention to every move, and he must be perfect.
Lin Jie first filtered the thin bamboo curtain in the pulp and left it on the bamboo curtain to form a layer of paper film, which was neither thick nor thin, just right.
Then the bamboo curtain that has been scooped up is laid upside down on the press board that has been prepared in advance, and then the bamboo curtain is removed, and the layers of paper pages are slowly stacked, and a few boulders are moved to squeeze on top to drain the water in the paper pages.
The elders and disciples looked at it very carefully, for fear of missing a step.
After completing this step, Lin Jie asked them if they had any questions, and after pointing them out one by one, he asked them to try it, after all, practice brings true knowledge, and actions speak louder than words.
A group of disciples began to experiment, at first they were all toddlers, the thickness of the paper film on the bamboo curtain was sometimes thick and sometimes thin, and the scooping water on the side could not control the accuracy, they all looked sad, silent, and engrossed in it.
Slowly, under the lessons of failure, they began to sum up their experience again and again, controlling every action through mental power, and the thickness of the paper film slowly became decent, thin and uniform.
"Very good".
Lin Jie nodded with satisfaction, the elders and disciples are indeed serious, there is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of people with hearts. As long as everyone can persevere, as long as the kung fu is deep, the iron pestle is sharpened into a needle!
Lin Jie hung the wet paper on the bamboo curtain on the wooden board, making the wet paper accumulate one by one, and then brought stones to squeeze out most of the water.
Half an hour later, there were thousands of pieces of wet paper on the press board, and it felt that the water had been pressed into shape, and Lin Jie began the last step - fire drying.
Instructed a group of disciples to fetch tens of thousands of adobe bricks piled up in the corners of the wall, and Lin Jie began to build the wall.
I don't know where these adobe bricks came from, they are very strong for a long time, and Lin Jie made the best use of these adobe bricks to build a sandwich alley.
Lin Jie instructed Liu Junzhi to start a fire on the sandwich wall, and as the temperature of the flames became higher and higher, and after the temperature of the adobe bricks rose, the rest of the disciples and elders each pasted wet paper on the sandwich wall one by one.
Soon, in less than a quarter of an hour, the moisture of the paper evaporates rapidly, and the wet paper becomes full of toughness, pure texture, and smooth as jade!
A group of elders and disciples stared at the dried rice paper on the wall, one by one, as if struck by lightning, their eyes were round, this is the rice paper in the palm of their hands!
Light as cicada wings, white as snow, trembling like fine silk without sound!
Wang Xiaohammer impatiently took the rice paper in his hand, light as cicada wings, caressing the surface, smooth as jade, and then smelling the smell, a unique woody fragrance refreshing, he seemed to think of something, and his eyes were radiant.
This thing can write love letters, and it can ....... !!
Shangguan Lei and Ye Long The two elders couldn't control the excitement in their hearts, their whole bodies trembled slightly, holding the soft and delicate rice paper like a treasure, smiling happily, and admiring the rice paper in their hearts.
Gu Rui's heart seems to have set off a stormy wave, wave after wave of impact on his heart, he has never seen this kind of thing called "rice paper", at least in Qingyang Town, he has never seen it, from scratch, this is undoubtedly a historic breakthrough, once this is called rice paper things to buy, I don't know what kind of monstrous waves will be set off in Qingyang Town!
I believe that as long as you are a literati, you will not be able to withstand the temptation of this rice paper!
Lin Jie's heart is also excited, the paper that can be seen everywhere on the earth, it is really in the palm of his hand, in fact, when the rice paper was first made, he was sure that he could make it, but when the rice paper was held in his hand, he was still excited, a breath of thousands of years made his breath suffocate suddenly, his heart was like fire, and then Lang said: "Rain, take pen and ink."